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• n  an athlete who jumps over a high crossbar with the aid of a long pole

• Olympics celebrate the triumph of motion, the powerful upward thrust of a weight lifter, the gravity-defying spring of a pole vaulter, even the twirling toes of a flock of .
• The vaulter has been rooted in hypnotic concentration for almost two minutes when, without warning, he explodes down the runway.
• I could have been a pole vaulter in those years, and instead I was kind of like doing hurdles.

• pole vaulter
• pole jumper

News & Articles

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• OXFORD, Miss. (WCBI Sports/Ole Miss Athletics) –
  Two Ole Miss track stars make headlines Friday. Ole Miss pole vaulter Sam Kendricks has been selected as a member of Team USA for the upcoming 2013 World University Games and the Rebels’ former standout Isiah Young signed a four-year contract with Nike to run professionally.
  June 28, 2013 - WCBI Columbus

Quotes

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• Jennifer Stuczynski in International Herald Tribune
  I don't feel ready for it, honestly,Stuczynski said. "She's such a great athlete and pole vaulter. I need to keep training hard to fill that role better."
• St Ambrose in Antioch Press
  She was doing really, really well, but then she had to check out to run the 4x100,Ambrose said. "She didn't have her legs under her after that. It's hard for a pole vaulter, who is used to running 30 yards, to then switch gears and go run...
• Monika Pyrek in European Athletics
  It's just a coincidence that two Poles have finished over Russia's greatest pole vaulter today, I am extremely elated that both of us could achieve what we did,said Pyrek, who is the only other athlete to have beaten Isinbayeva in the last...